What a week!

I want to know who decided that we should take the 4th of July off. Someone should have been thinking and the 5th of July should totally be the day we get off. Dumb.

That being said, who wants to hear about my 4th of July? Well I don't care if you want to hear about it or not, you're about to...

On Tuesday, my good friends Dan & Nancy decided to have a BBQ/Bonfire. They have an awesome firepit in their back yard, lots of property, and they have the best parties. So after work, I packed the kids up and we ventured out to Glenhaven, which is about a 40 minute drive from where I live. We got there kinda late, but there was still plenty of food, and the fun had not yet begun.

Dan's friend had this homemade cannon get up that he wanted to fire. We were all like, "what does it do?" He said, it makes a loud BOOM. So he packed black powder, gasoline, and who knows what else into this little contraption and lit it off. The earth shook. Car alarms went off. Animals for miles were frightened for their lives. It was awesome. So we're all hangin out, drinking, eating, having a great time, and some butchy lady walks into their yard and says, "If you guys light off anymore of those fireworks, I'm going to call the cops. My dogs have been hiding under my bed for 4 days. It's not the 4th of July yet, it's illegal to be lighting off fireworks, and that thing you just did is NOT legal!!!" We were all like, "yeah whatever, screw you, you butch, go home." (no, most of us were civil to her...however Dan told her she was drunk and she needed to go back home--and that it wasn't our fault that everyone in the known world was lighting fireworks the past 4 days and that her dogs would be fine).

So we go about our business. No more "canons" went off. We decided one was enough. We're doing all our fireworks, it's about 9:45 ish, maybe 10. I was drunk, and this guy walks over to our little table where we were lighting the fireworks. I said, "omigod, that looks just like a cop!" and he turned around and looked at me and said, "I AM A COP." I was like, OH SHIT! It was kinda funny. He was responding to some complaints about us, found that we had nothing illegal and left us alone. I offered him a shot of tequila...he declined. ;)

I was passed out by 12:30. I consumed quite a bit of alcohol in a pretty short time period. I didn't last long...I can't drink like I used to...damn!

The next morning we got up and drove out to Anacortes for the 4th of July parade. Dan & Nancy know the fire cheif out at the Shell Refinery fire station, so we get to ride on the firetrucks and throw out mardi gras beads and frisbees to the crowd. The kids love it, and I had fun too! Then back to Glenhaven and we got to go swimming in the community pool. Pretty big pool, had a ton of fun, the kids were in heaven.

We finally left to go back home and I decided I wanted to go watch the big fireworks show down at the Bellingham Bay. So I made a few calls, rounded a few people up, packed the kids up again, and head to the bay. Super fun night. Although we didn't get home until midnight and getting up at 6 the next morning hurt!

Are you bored yet?

My cousin was here visiting from Nashville for a few days, and she wanted to go out to the bars before she went home so we decided to go out last night (her last night here) and we had so much fun. Went to all my favorite bars, saw some friends I hadn't seen in a while. Danced our little tooties off for a little while at Rumors. I picked up the kids on my way home, and didn't get home until about 1:45 ish. So getting up this morning at 6 REALLY hurt! But I'm in a great mood and have lots of energy today, so I don't know what's up with that. I'll probably crash and burn at about 4:30.

This week has been sooooo long. Having the 4th off made it feel like the weekend, then back to work for 2 days. I am SOOOOOOOOOOO glad it's Friday!! WOO HOO! I survived my first week of online classes too. So far so good!

I got my TV, and I got cable, internet, and phone hooked up on Tuesday so I feel complete again! I am loving my new laptop and my new place! Life is good!!